CVE-2016-9273 — Out-of-bounds Read in Tiff

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read12 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian TiffLibtiff
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateJan 31

Description

tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.6
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.7-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-93qc-w2gq-jr65: tiffsplit in libtiff 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-9273: tiffsplit in libtiff 4↗2017-01-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2017-02-27
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Red Hat
libtiff: Out-of-bounds heap read in cpStrips↗2016-11-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-9273: tiff - tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...↗2016
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
SoK: Towards Effective Automated Vulnerability Repair↗2025-01-31
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💬Community

5
HackerOne
libtiff 4.0.6 heap bufer overflow / out of bounds read (CVE-2016-9273)↗2019-10-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9273 CVE-2016-9277 CVE-2016-9297 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9273 CVE-2016-9277 CVE-2016-9297 libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9273 CVE-2016-9277 CVE-2016-9297 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [epel-7]↗2016-11-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9273 libtiff: Out-of-bounds heap read in cpStrips↗2016-11-15
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